Wk. 1 Kareem vs. VTech
Tyrod Taylor is a dual threat QB, averaging over 5.5 yd/carries,
but his passing game is not among the top tier.
In general, Brent Musburger, the announcer summed it up best:
Jackson was on the receivers like a blanket.
A very clean game in which he did everything right.
Taylor had to look elsewhere, thus taking him longer to find the receivers,
resulting in incompletions.
He broke off one pass.
He mirrors the receivers well, understands how to use the sideline.
Sometimes too efficient for his own good
(Almost pulls in an INT, but since the QB had to throw it to the outside,
Kareem just did not have enough room, especially with the WR there.)
Kareem works hard to fight off the blockers
to try to get to the runners and other receivers.
He is successful in this task more often than any receivers
I've seen this year and last.
He would not back down from any receiver or TE or even lineman.
His hand techniques are good in both the run and pass.
He did not record any tackle in this game, but he set the edge well.
He commands different approach in press coverage.
He changes up his stance from time to time.
Sometimes he would jam the receiver.
Sometimes he would backpedal.
Sometimes he would turn and run.
Sometimes he would do the shuffle.
Sometimes he plays up but gets back quickly.
Sometimes he plays off but comes up at the last moment.
Due to these variations, he's able to hide his intention well.
He's a good candidate to get off the receiver to come in on the corner blitz,
or to contain the run.
With a quick fist step and burst, he can catch the LT in surprise.
And he's plenty strong and physical to bull rush a blocking back.
The results would show in later games.
This was only the first game of the season
and he appeared to be ready for the next level already.
And he didn't even play defense in high school.
For all these reasons, the runners mostly go in other directions.
In the second half, the QB barely looked his way.
This explains the lack of stats on his part.
As with any DB that I have seen, he does have bad tapes.
(More game review coming, anybody wants to help?)
That's one of the reasons why I had him in very early in the second.
The other is that I only went with his 4.48 speed.
I wasn't aware that he had been clocked as low as 4.41
If he can run between 4.41 and 4.48, I don't think this pick is a risk at all.
I'm about to finish the Ark game, and will get to the Tenn game next
Tyrod Taylor is a dual threat QB, averaging over 5.5 yd/carries,
but his passing game is not among the top tier.
In general, Brent Musburger, the announcer summed it up best:
Jackson was on the receivers like a blanket.
A very clean game in which he did everything right.
Taylor had to look elsewhere, thus taking him longer to find the receivers,
resulting in incompletions.
He broke off one pass.
He mirrors the receivers well, understands how to use the sideline.
Sometimes too efficient for his own good
(Almost pulls in an INT, but since the QB had to throw it to the outside,
Kareem just did not have enough room, especially with the WR there.)
Kareem works hard to fight off the blockers
to try to get to the runners and other receivers.
He is successful in this task more often than any receivers
I've seen this year and last.
He would not back down from any receiver or TE or even lineman.
His hand techniques are good in both the run and pass.
He did not record any tackle in this game, but he set the edge well.
He commands different approach in press coverage.
He changes up his stance from time to time.
Sometimes he would jam the receiver.
Sometimes he would backpedal.
Sometimes he would turn and run.
Sometimes he would do the shuffle.
Sometimes he plays up but gets back quickly.
Sometimes he plays off but comes up at the last moment.
Due to these variations, he's able to hide his intention well.
He's a good candidate to get off the receiver to come in on the corner blitz,
or to contain the run.
With a quick fist step and burst, he can catch the LT in surprise.
And he's plenty strong and physical to bull rush a blocking back.
The results would show in later games.
This was only the first game of the season
and he appeared to be ready for the next level already.
And he didn't even play defense in high school.
For all these reasons, the runners mostly go in other directions.
In the second half, the QB barely looked his way.
This explains the lack of stats on his part.
As with any DB that I have seen, he does have bad tapes.
(More game review coming, anybody wants to help?)
That's one of the reasons why I had him in very early in the second.
The other is that I only went with his 4.48 speed.
I wasn't aware that he had been clocked as low as 4.41
If he can run between 4.41 and 4.48, I don't think this pick is a risk at all.
I'm about to finish the Ark game, and will get to the Tenn game next